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Today's News

  • Free smoke alarms from West Roane Volunteer Fire Department

    STAFF REPORTS
    According to the U.S. Fire Administration, most home fire deaths occur in residences that don’t have a working smoke detector.
    The West Roane County Volunteer Fire Department wants to make sure residents have this important device.
    The department is planning to give away smoke detectors this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fire Station 1, which is located at 1303 Pumphouse Road, Rockwood.
    The devices will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis. Priority will be given to low-income families with no smoke detectors.

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  • Litter summit scheduled in Oak Ridge

    On Sept. 13, Keep Tennessee Beautiful will hold the first of four 2010 Regional Litter Summits in Oak Ridge from 12-3 p.m. at DoubleTree Hotel.
    Each Litter Summit’s agenda will include a luncheon and keynote presentation featuring Judge Larry Potter, of the Memphis-Shelby County Environmental Court.
    Potter will discuss the Tennessee Litter Law TCA 39-14-5, including current enforcement issues and success stories.

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  • Former Roane State president writes of husband accused of murder

    Sherry Hoppe made history in 1988 when she succeeded Roane State Community College founding president Cuyler Dunbar.
    The esteemed college administrator — Roane State’s first and only woman president to date — brought a dark secret with her to Roane County.
    “My husband Bobby shot a man, and he died,” she writes in the foreward of “A Matter of Conscience: Redemption of a Hometown Hero, Bobby Hoppe.”

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  • Roane woman rides into literary world

    Mary Lou Wells has been a horse enthusiast for as long as she can remember.
    “Ever since I was a little child,” the 1985 graduate of Roane County High School said. “I got my first horse when I was 13. It was a half-Arabian pinto.”
    Wells, who still lives in Roane County, said her affinity for horses has driven her interest in learning more about the animals over the years.
    Now she’s sharing her knowledge in a new book, “The Illustrated Guide to the Morab Horse.”  

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  • 'Dub' sets good example for officials, us

    After decades serving the public as a county commissioner, James “Dub” Harmon is no longer an elected official.
    Instead of tucking tail over his recent election loss, Harmon is, instead, stepping up.
    “That stage of my life is probably through,” the 83-year-old said recently in a Roane County News interview about his failure to get re-elected. “But there are many things for Roane County I can work for.”
    Harmon has not been afraid to champion what, to some, have been unpopular causes.

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  • IMPRESSIONS: Rebel Johnny's biker days have long roared past

    Harold Ray Lester, 74, died Friday at his home in Seymour.
    It’s been something in the neighborhood of five or six years since I last visited with him while we were standing in a grocery store checkout line.
    I’m going to miss him.
    Apparently, so are many of our friends here in Roane County.
    You see, across his three score and 14, in one way or another he touched several of our lives.
    If you caught one of my recent blogs on roanecounty.com, you’re well aware of the “six degrees of separation” concept.

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  • RMS gets revenge on Jefferson

    After dropping last year’s Clinch Valley title game to Jefferson Middle School in the closing second, the Rockwood Middle School Tigers were out for revenge last week and that’s just what they got as Scott Harvey’s squad routed the Eagles, 46-6.

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  • OSMS blasts Coalfield, 42-14

    Pride is on the line any time Coalfield and Oliver Springs meet on the gridiron. The Bobcats were very proud following their convincing 42-14 win at Coalfield last Thursday night in middle school football action.

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  • Candidate Forums

    THURSDAY, SEPT. 23
    • Luminary United Methodist Church’s Adult Fellowship will have an open “meet-and-question-the-candidates” session with Tennessee House of Representatives candidates Dennis Ferguson and Julia Hurley. The program will immediately follow the group’s covered-dish luncheon, which begins at noon in the church at 3401 River Road, Ten Mile.

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  • Miller-Chaney

    Ova C. Miller of Harriman announces the forthcoming marriage of his daughter, Tonya Renee Miller, to Robert Edward Chaney II.
    He is the son of Robert Edward Chaney Sr. of Coalfield and Edna Ruth McCarter of Wartburg.
    The ceremony will be at 2 p.m. Sept. 4 in Trenton Street Baptist Church, Harriman. A reception will follow in the church’s fellowship hall.
    All relatives and friends of the couple are invited to attend.

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